be orderly
Example Sentences
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Transitions with these characteristics tend to be orderly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 1, 2025
In that worldview, children are expected to "conform to in-group norms, be obedient, be orderly, be disciplined."
From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2024
"But if there is a settlement, that won't be the case ... Any changes to Binance would be orderly."
From Reuters ● Nov. 21, 2023
The unwinding of all of this might not be orderly, and could have significant geopolitical consequences.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2022
“We have to be orderly there and not act like idiots. We took our stuff already. And Will caught three jellyfish at the big beach and also a dead crab. Will you come see them?”
From "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart
